Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Lin Feihong entered the background of the Tuku Investment Network investor to check it, he wanted to see how the traffic fee is, in this world's Internet, such as Tuku.com, the short films that do not participate in the sale are all used as shared resources, this kind of short film earns not a subscription fee, but a traffic fee, this kind of traffic fee is linked to the click rate, as long as the click is high, the traffic fee is correspondingly higher. Now from the background statistics, the personal traffic fee is more than 2 million Tuku coins, deducting 50% of the website operation fees and costs, this kind of cost is issued by the website to their crew, including actors, directors, producers and other team members, what you get is more than 1 million Tuku coins, and the exchange for Chengren coins is 10,000 yuan.

10,000 yuan? Get $10,000 on the first day?

Lin Feihong was surprised by this result, he was very excited, and he stayed up all night...

Lin Feihong's "Old Boy" trailer advertisement on the singularity network began to gradually calm down after two days of popularity, as if everything was just a flash in the pan, and now, although there are still some people in the book review area and QQ group of the major gods discussing "Old Boy" and talking about the after-viewing feelings, the number of people is very small, and the kind of heat when the trailer of "Old Boy" was first hung up is really not the same...

However, the popularity of "Old Boy" has not weakened, as more people watch it, "Old Boy" is gradually on the top of the homepage and gradually known by more people, the click rate continues to soar, for a while, "Old Boy" swept the Internet and became the hottest micro-movie at that time.

As of yesterday afternoon, the film has been played nearly 18.98 million times on the official Tuku network alone. ”

"As of last night, the "Old Boy" video has been clicked more than 30 million, and the follow-up posts of netizens have reached more than 13,000, and they have been reprinted by netizens crazily, and many insiders have also joined the ranks of reposts, and many celebrities today not only reposted but also made high evaluations for the video.

A lot of media outlets reported it, and "Old Boy" made headlines.

At the same time, director Lin Feihong's fame has also been launched, and post bars and forums related to "Old Boy" and Lin Feihong have also been released.

This popular "Old Boy" quickly came into the eyes of many analysts, who analyzed that the popularity of "Old Boy" is driven by many factors in addition to the accuracy of the film's entry point and its own production level.

"Old Boy" was able to sweep the Internet, and netizens generally said that it was inevitable to laugh and cry after watching the film. The kind of extraordinary dreams of ordinary people, the sad romance is reflected in the funny plot, which belongs to the collective memories of the "post-70s" and "post-80s", which makes the film gather a large number of supporters on the Internet.

"Dreams, like classics, will never fade with time, but become more precious."

This is a line of subtitles at the end of the online short film "Old Boy", and this sentence has become a classic sentence that the audience cannot forget.

Talking about the reason why "Old Boy" became popular overnight, the famous film critic Wei Zi told reporters that he was deeply moved by the nostalgia that filled the film: "Our generation who once had a dream or a movie dream would want to make this movie, so I cried after watching it." ”

Wei Zi believes that the current domestic youth-themed movies are "not vigorous and fresh enough", and "Old Boy" fully draws on the successful elements of Korean films, so it makes people feel bright: "Whether it is editing, docking or the combination of picture and music, it is very similar to the style of Korean films, the pace is very fast, the amount of information is also very rich, a large number of narrative shots are very bright, and the technology is very good at this stage." ”

However, some of the flaws in "Old Boy" are also prominent in Wei Zi's opinion: "Although everyone cried at the end, the ending was too much like a MV." ”

Regarding director Lin Feihong, Wei Zi also hopes that netizens can treat him with his surname: "Fans on the Internet may generalize in a wave of praise, hoping that they will not lose themselves." ”

When there was a flash in the pan, this craze lasted for almost a month before it ended, Lin Feihong once became a celebrity on the Internet, and now many film investors come to him to discuss cooperation projects, but these are small investors, not big video sites like Tuku.com.

After the dust settled, the total revenue of "Old Boy" reached 800,000 yuan, which just recovered the cost, and at most it was only a fraction of more than 2,000 yuan. Lin Feihong is not dissatisfied with this result, Xiao Yang has not even recovered the cost in his previous life, and it is already good for him to earn back the cost, the most basic plan for him to make this micro-movie is to become popular and make fame, and he has no extravagant thoughts about profit, after all, he is just a new little director now, and it is already the greatest kindness given by God to earn fame in a debut film, so what is the luxury.

If you want to make a profit now, it's completely okay, don't those small investors want to invest in themselves to make money by shooting commercials, but now is not the time for their own profits, the most important thing now is how to improve their directing ability, a few seconds or dozens of seconds of commercial advertising is difficult to improve their directing ability, this kind of commercial advertising with a director is just virtual, most of them still rely on computer stunts to make.

Let's take it step by step.

After "Old Boy" became popular, Lin Feihong didn't have any plans to shoot the next movie, although he is famous now, he still doesn't dare to make a long movie, he still wants to shoot a few micro-films to practice his skills first, and then start his own long-form film shooting plan when the director's skills are proficient.

Lin Feihong spent New Year's Day in 2005 in his spare time, and after New Year's Day, Lin Feihong didn't have any plans, just watched movies, played games, and spent his days in a daze, occasionally chatting with Su Wenjing, who has become a friend who has become a friend with the screen name "Wenjing Girl".

Time flies quickly, half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and now it's the New Year.

Since coming to City B at the end of September, it has been almost three months now, and in these three months, he has experienced too many things, and Lin Feihong has also made a lot of efforts. It took more than a month to finish the film, and then it was propaganda and negotiations.

Three months of hard work has increased his fame, but it is not really a success, and he has not reported safety to his family in the past three months.

Now that it's the New Year, it's time to give a call home. Lin Feihong thought to himself, if it didn't work out for a year, two years, three years, or even five years, wouldn't he call home all the time? Even if you're not in a hurry, aren't your family in a hurry? Since this road is difficult to walk now, it will not be able to succeed for a while, and if it is not successful, then you can't even have a home.

No one can succeed casually, and this director has to take his time.

Lin Feihong told himself like this and comforted himself.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and if you don't call, the family is estimated to be really anxious. Pick up your phone and make a call you haven't seen in a long time.

"Dad, it's me." Lin Feihong's voice was gloomy and a little trembling.

"You stinky boy with no conscience..." As soon as the father heard that it was Lin Feihong's call, he immediately started a fire, saying that he had not reported peace to his family in the past few months, which made the family worry about half death, and in less than a minute, he vented his anger for several months, and finally, he finally dissipated his anger and calmed down, "What are you doing now?" ”

Lin Feihong didn't tell his father about being a director, he thought it was not the time yet, he casually made up a job and perfunctory past, although "Old Boy" became famous, but he was just the director behind him and had not appeared on TV, nor had he shown his face in front of the media, so his parents and family didn't know.

The father didn't say anything, but just told Lin Feihong to take good care of himself outside, so he answered the phone to Lin Feihong's mother.

Mother loves Lin Feihong more than her father, she didn't scold Lin Feihong, but asked him to take care of himself, and said that he would go home whenever he wanted to come back, and go home when he was tired of staying outside, don't be too bitter about himself... Speaking of this, my mother burst into tears and muttered that Lin Feihong's life was miserable. Seeing his mother sobbing, Lin Feihong suddenly burst into tears, but he still gritted his teeth and held back without venting.

Which parents don't think about their children, which children don't miss home, especially the prodigal son who is still in a foreign land, especially on this Chinese New Year's Eve.

The prodigal son is homesick! The prodigal son, who is adrift for his dreams, is even more homesick!

After talking to his parents on the phone, Lin Feihong lay quietly on the bed, closed his eyes, and listened to the wind howling outside the house.

Just on the phone, the cordial greetings and thousands of instructions from his parents made him feel very warm and comfortable. But thinking about his current situation, his heart is a little bleak, as if he has lost something.

In the past three months of coming to City B, I have hardly had a moment of idleness, even after the filming, my mind is still running, I am still thinking about the later publicity work, and I am worried about the results of the movie...

More than 2,000 yuan, how should I live in the future?

According to the contract, in order to reflect humanitarianism, Tuku.com gave the crew a two-month reprieve period, that is, the crew will not be disbanded within two months from the date of completion and release of the film and television work. Up to now, Lin Feihong's movie has been released for a month, and in another month, the filming base of "Old Boy" will be removed, where should I go then? Sleeping on the streets? Go home?

Lin Feihong will never go back, how can he go back if he doesn't make any achievements?

Making money shooting commercials? You can have this idea, but I don't like to be a director who is just a formality, people only ask you because of your fame and not because of your ability, they rely on your fame to enhance their advertising value, and in doing so, they are simply selling themselves.

No, resolutely don't do it, it's better to starve to death than this.

There is only one month left, and if after a month, there is no other way out, then you really have to sleep on the streets.

Thinking about this, Lin Feihong didn't know what to do except sigh, he finally knew the deep meaning of the word "helpless" now. In his previous life, the classic "Old Boy" only made back the cost, and other micro-films did not agree, and he did not have much courage to bear the cost of a micro-film now.

Lin Feihong let out a long breath, opened his eyes, stood upright, and stared at the snowy earth outside the window, with a sadness and a blank look in his eyes.

Everyone else is now preparing for the Spring Festival at home, and he is still worried about the future and thinking about his livelihood. Looking at his embarrassed appearance now, Lin Feihong suddenly remembered the TV series "Ant Clan" he had watched in his previous life, and he felt that he was now one of the ant tribes who fought for their dreams in City B: the gap between dreams and reality is very large, very far away, and he is worried about his livelihood every time.

"Where is the dream? Where is the road? Lin Feihong kept muttering this sentence, and unconsciously, his eyes were blurred with tears.

How much pressure does a prodigal son who wanders with dreams have to endure in his heart? How much bitterness is there in my heart? The Zheng Zheng man, who has always been in tears, is now blurred with tears, how depressed is his heart? And how much helplessness?

Tears did not fall after all, because he firmly believes that no one can succeed casually, can reach the sky in one step, he believes that this is the necessary tempering of his life, and he also believes that as long as he can endure hardships, he can eventually become a master.

He believes that God rewards hard work, and believes that the two old sayings "put the dead to the ground and live after, and live in desperate situations" have their true meaning...